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Braxton and Tanner are so excited to announce that they are going to be BIG BROTHERS!!! Yep, you read right!! We are expecting a baby girl around June 10th, 2009. But if she is at all like her brothers, we can plan on her debut sometime in May (they both arrived at 36 weeks). We told our families for Christmas, Troy didn't think I could make it that long but I showed him! So we need name ideas, and just what the heck do I do with a girl?? You'd think that growing up with just sisters it would be the opposite. I have found that at least my boys are so easy, and frankly girls scare me! Anyway, we are very excited and I can't wait to go shopping there are so many cute girly outfits and accessories. She has been quite stubborn and I've had a hard time seeing what she was, but finally gave us a good look right before christmas. Troy laughs at me cuz I still get a little nervous and have to check again just to make sure. A couple days before Christmas, Tanner started saying 'baby' at daycare-his first clear word other than momma, and dadda. His teachers thought it was so cute and we thought it was very ironic! Braxton is very excited and has told everyone he can possibly tell, it took him a bit to catch on to the pink 'I love my big brother' bib he got for Christmas, he thought it was a new one for Tanner. So, that is the big news from the Webb household, and we've been so excited to share it with everyone else!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

First off, I should make a new year's resolution to blog more!! I will recap our holidays...Thanksgiving was split between families in Cedar City and St. George. All of Troy's siblings were together in Cedar which hasn't happened for quite sometime since they are scattered anywhere between Delta, Richfield, Cedar, Arizona, and Texas. All my family came to St. George to eat at my sister Caroline's, which worked well for me since I was on call for the hospital and couldn't leave town. So Troy and Tanner went to Cedar and Braxton and I stayed here. We both had a great day and enjoyed good company and food.
Christmas was so fun! This year Braxton spent Christmas Eve/Day in Cedar with his dad. Santa was happy to be able to hit the sack early and sleep in until Tanner woke up at 8 am. We opened our presents and laughed at Tanner having more fun in the boxes and paper. We ran to Beaver for dinner and stayed to visit just a bit longer than we should've and didn't even make it to the freeway before we turned around and went back to my parents for the night! The storm was CRAZY! we couldn't even see beyond the hood of our car. About 30 mins after we went back, my dad had to go out and help close the freeways, we listened to the scanner and there were cars off everywhere, and UDOT wouldn't even send the plows out until the storm let up a bit. I was suppose to work the next morning but instead slept in and woke up to my dad on the 4 wheeler digging out the neighbors van in over a foot of snow. We left about noon and the freeways were still awful but we made it safely.
I enjoyed everything leading up to Christmas...our annual shopping day for mom with my dad and sisters. Dad started this tradition 32 years ago with my oldest sister when she turned 8 and when the rest of us turned 8 we got to join the crew. Mom makes her christmas list and we go shop and have tons of fun! I couldn't get enough christmas music this year...I loved it. December also means 10 nights of sleeping on the couch for Troy and I while we stay up late watching the NFR (National Finals Rodeo)in Vegas. One of out 1st dates was going there in '05 compliments of Diamond G Rodeo. This year we scored a pair of awesome tickets for the 4th go round right above the roping chutes. For this small town girl, there is nothing better than the smell of cattle! I always look forward the our ward's Angel Tree and going shopping for those who could use a little extra help. Nothing brings in the Christmas spirit more than helping others to brightening their holidays. We attended work christmas parties, and were also in charge of our ward's christmas breakfast which was a whole lot of work, but a great success! Most of all I love being with friends and family and celebrating our Saviors birth.
New Year's eve was a blast making pizza and playing games with the neighbors. Braxton even made it to see the fireworks at midnight. He was so excited for the festivities and told me he'd have to have a good nap at daycare so he could 'party all night.'
This past friday afternoon Troy hung out the red U of U blanket on our balcony and hoped for the best...little did we (and Alabama fans) know what a great game the Sugar bowl would turn out to be - GO UTES! Troy wore his Utah tie to church today with great pride.
We have been so very blessed this past year and look forward to great things this coming year. I hope everyone had a great holiday season as well!!

California Fun

Last week we went to California with our neighbors Nick, Paige, & their 4 yr old niece Alyssa. We flew from Vegas into LAX, this was so fun for the kids since it was Braxton & Alyssa's first time flying. Braxton liked watching the rutters on the wing & listening to the air traffic control tower on our headphones. As soon as we landed we got our rental car & headed to Disneyland for 2 days. We told the kids about going there on our way to the Vegas airport & they were so excited. The kids were tall enough for all but about 3 rides and they had a blast, so fearless!! Space Mountain, Splash Mtn, The Tower of Terror, Grizzly River Run were Braxton's favorites. Tanner was very patient to hang out in the stroller while we waited in lines & slept a lot - he loved the Dumbo ride, making us go up & down. I don't think he was quite sure about "Pirates of the Carribean", but he danced & clapped through out the whole Pixar Parade.

Late Friday night we drove down to Oceanside and stayed 2 nights. Saturday morning we swam in the pool and then walked down to the ocean and played in the cold water. Alyssa had fun collecting seashellsa and helping me make sand castles, Braxton loves to jump over the waves as they come in. After lunch we drove down to San Diego and made a quick stop to walk around the temple and take some pictures before we headed for what Troy calls his most favorite part of the trip: the U of U vs. San Diego State football game held at Qualcomm Stadium home of the San Diego Chargers. The Ute fans certainly outnumbered the home team fans, and we had a blast even tho the games was a massacre by Utah 63-14. After the game we had ate at Uno pizza, which in my opinion would be worth another trip down there. The kids got to make their own pizza which was fun, they brought out dough, sauce and whatever toppings they chose, and then took it back to be cooked when they were finished.

Sunday we headed back up to LA in the midst of all the smoke from the fires, drove down Rodeo Drive a few times, and drove past all the huge homes in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. We also spent some time at the Chinese Theater and on the Hollywood walk of fame. We drove up to the LA temple to walk around and had to answer a few questions from church security before we could enter the parking lot. They told us a little about the riots and what had gone on during the previous week. It is such a beautiful place and so sad about the things that went on. We had enough time there for a few pictures and gobble up our yummy cheesecake before going back to catch our 10:35 pm flight back to Vegas. We climbed into bed at 4 am and crazy me didn't take the day off and had to be to work by 8:30.

We had a great 4 days and loved spending it with our kids and friends. Now we have to work for awhile and save up for the next vacation....

8 Tags

What Shows Do you Watch On T.V.
1. Sports - I could name 8 different stations (thanks to Troy)
2. CSI
3. Law & Order
4. Without a Trace
5. NUMB3ERS
6. Studio 5
7. Jay Leno
8. Cartoons w Braxton

What did you do yesterday
1. Got up earlier than expected - we both forgot about the time change!
2. Church - was 10 mins. late even with an extra hour!!
3. Laid on the couch while Troy got yummy roast out of crock pot & the rest of dinner ready & on the table- I didn't feel too good. Very blessed with a great husband!
4. Laid on the couch some more...
5. Watched "School of Rock" on of my fav. movies bought it Sat.
6. Looked through JC Penny X-mas toy catalogue...I'm clueless this year as far as gifts go.
7. Was surprised & excited for Tanner to walk a few steps alone w/o being coached.
8. Wrote in Tanner's baby book about walking before I went to bed.

Where do you like to eat
1. Olive Garden
2. Rusty's Ranch House -Up Cedar Canyon
3. Cheesecake Factory
4. The Gun Barrel
5. Inn n Out
6. Maria's - Mexican in Beaver
7. Home
8. Take dinner to the park with my family

Things you are looking forward to
1. Another day off! (5 out of 5)
2. Being home with Tanner & Braxton tomarrow
3. Getting the rest of my cleaning done (yes, I love to clean)
4. San Diego trip in 2 weeks ( Utah vs. San Diego St. game) with a few surprises for Braxton - we are flying and spending 2 days at Disneyland. He will be so excited about both.
5. The upcoming holidays
6. Getting my kitchen cabinets stained (they are all up and functional yay! thanks Troy you are the best!)
7. Braxton riding his bike w/o training wheels and help. Troy took them off tonight and did pretty good.
8. Finishing my Christmas shopping.

Things on your wish list
1. Someone to landscape and fence my backyard so we can enjoy it w/o kids rolling down the steep hill.
2. To always make Troy as happy as he makes me.
3. To teach my children to be good citizen's, have integrity, and choose the right.
4. To always let my family & friends know how much I love and appreciate them.
5. Travel back East to see the historical sights.
6. A trailer - we love our tent, but I've spent my whole camping life other than girl's camp and 4H camp, in a trailer- it makes camping w/ a baby so much easier Maybe next summer...
7. Relax more than I do.
8. To just lay on the couch and watch tv all day with no kids (Troy doesn't think I could to it, I'm a goer.)

I tag Paige, Aunt Carol, Jenni Jolley, & anyone else who wants a little fun!

Midway, UT Sept 18-20

We were in need of a little R&R so we booked our Wyndham resort condo (formerly known as Trendwest) and decided to try out northern Ut for a weekend. We invited our neighbors Nick & Paige Marshall to come along. Troy had InstaCare meetings at Thanksgiving Point all day Thursday so he caught a ride up the night before and then we met him in Provo when he was finished. Friday morning we swam at the Crater which is a big rock with a hole in the top, the natural mineral water is 65' deep and a soothing 96 degrees. We had a blast swimming and bopping around in our snazzy neon green flotation devices, we also rented snorkeling gear and had fun checking out as far as we could see to the bottom of the crater, Nick even spotted the plastic turtle at the bottom. Braxton did really well in the water, I was a bit nervous about him and the bottom of the crater being 65' down but he was fine and loved snorkeling. It was so nice to just relax and soak in the very warm water. I forgot my camera so I will get pix from Paige and post them later. After lunch we headed for a ride on the Heber Creeper, this part of the trip was a surprise to Braxton as he LOVES trains. He was very excited and so happy that the train even had a 'food car'. The ride was 90 mins and fun, we rode in an open-air car and had great views of the gorgeous changing leaves on the mountain. I rode on the H.C. when I was little and remember being scared to tears when the train robbers took over our train and came aboard. I was hoping they would still do this but they only do it on the morning run and we were in the afternoon, Braxton would've loved that. We then ran up to Park City hoping to ride on the Alpine Slide but it was closed due to rain, so we shopped and ran into Nick, one of our radiology students at Old Navy and had a quick visit. Funny how you always run into someone you know when you leave town. That night after the kids were in bed, we stayed up playing games for hours laughing so hard, and you know how bladders weaken after having kids...
Saturday we headed back to Park City hoping to find the slide open. Not so lucky, closed again due to rain and lightening - we looked up, saw partly cloudy skies, no rain and hadn't seen lightening anywhere. Even after several phone calls made from different phones and different people in our car they still wouldn't open the slide.(I'm sure they were bugged by the sudden surge of phone calls & were ticked so even if it was sunny and dry they probably would've found some excuse not to let us ride!) Braxton says they should just put a cover above the slide to keep it from getting wet....hmmmm the 4 yr old has a point. Braxton was way bummed as he was ready to ride the slide with his swim goggles on to keep the bugs out of his eyes (he looked like one of the harley guys from Wild Hogs), as were the rest of us, so we headed to SLC to to bowling. Braxton has never been bowling, however he does hold the record at around 190 on Nick's WII and Nick refuses to play him anymore. So after Braxton finally realized that he even tho he had his own shoes, he still had to wear the funny bowling shoes just like the rest of us, we set off to show Braxton how it's really done. Words can't describe Braxton's bowling ability and his approach, I will have to add the video later so you can see for yourself - we laughed so hard at him, and he had so much fun. I was very proud of his 80, & 82 point games. I skunked them all on the last game...yea for me.
We stopped at the Cheesecake Factory for lunch/dinner...need I say more! Where else can you spend 2 hrs at an eating establishment and have no complaints. We had to make room in our cooler & even send food & milk home out of the cooler with Paige's brother just to make room for our all important cheesecake & leftovers. We also drove up around the new Draper temple which isn't open yet, it's beautiful! The ride home was long and Tanner was at his breaking point by the time we arrived but otherwise he did so good and especially loved the swimming pool, he really is a good traveler most of the time. Braxton got up early with me each morning at the resort and worked out at the fitness room, he came away just a wee bit scathed as he fell off the end of the tredmill, but was a great exercise buddy for his mom.
Thanks N & P for coming with us and adding to all the fun - we are looking forward to San Diego in Nov. to attend the Utah-San Diego State football game (go utes!)

"911 - What is your emergency?"

Last Thursday morning, Troy was out of town at meetings and I was home with the boys packing for a little mini-vacation (that's the next blog entry)...there was a knock on our door (our house was being repainted so I thought it was the painters..nope!) & I opened it to find a very friendly St. George cop on my doorstep. He proceded to tell me that they had received a 911 call from our address and he was just checking things out. My first thought was Braxton, but remembered Tanner had the phone while I was changing his diaper and I realized he'd turned it on when I heard the little operater chick saying "if you'd like to make a call..." & I hung it up. The officer said that there was still an open line so I checked the phones found the one still off the hook and we were good to go. He kept asking if we were ok (probably cuz the painters are all very questionable looking!)and then let dispatch know it was just an infant on the line. How do little kids always push the right buttons?? I called Evelyn Warby,an old lady in Beaver once when I was little and told her all about what I got for Christmas and had close to a 5 min conversation before my mom realized I was on the phone and ended the call. Good thing it happened to be someone we knew well. So this morning the phone is sitting on the counter and Tanner grabbed it while I was getting something and next thing I know I hear the phone turn on and he's pushed 99... hopefully no more visits from St. Geo PD in the near future!

Sawdust, Tarts, & Shakespeare

Troy & I spent Friday in Cedar in his dad's woodshop to work on our kitchen cabinets that have been a work in progress for the past 1.3 years. Yes friends, you heard right 1.3 years (can't tell I'm keeping track or anything!) , this project was the catalyst for all the other projects we've done in the past year i.e. new tile, carpet, granite countertops, new kitchen appliances. We bought a new side by side fridge in May of 2007 and after Troy's careful measurements making sure it was the right size, it ended up being too wide. So instead of returning it Troy decided to rip out the cabinets around the fridge and build new ones to fit above and to the side of it. Troy finished those and 3 others that fit around our microwave and that's where the fun ended much to my dismay. I've tried to be patient and not drop too many hints how for mother's day, my birthday, and now I'm shooting for Christmas what a great present it would be to have all the cabinets finished. But we all know how busy Troy is and all the right equipment for the job is in Cedar so Troy's gone to Cedar when he could get some time away from work, and has been up almost every night this week to really get them going again.
We left kids behind today and it was fun to actually help instead of keeping kids busy and entertained while Troy does all the work. My job was to sand the door panels,and we ended up running them through a big sanding machine at a local cabinet shop. At least 4 hrs. of sanding done in about 15 min. - now do I know how to work or what?? We love working together no matter what the project is, and Troy is always willing to try anything new. It's been fun to see what all goes into putting cabinets together.
After we'd inhaled enough sawdust and had quick showers, we took advantage of our time w/o kids and ran up to Rusty's for dinner. Who would you guess was sitting across the isle from us but Elder Dallin H. Oaks and his wife. I felt privledged that he smiled and said a quiet hello as he passed our table on their way out, only I'm sure because I was staring with googley eyes the whole time they were there. How awesome it is to be in the presence of an Apostle even if it is from across the isle. After dinner we ran down the canyon to SUU to join Troy's co-workers from
Southern Utah HomeCare and Hospice (Troy's 2nd job) at their summer party at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. We all met at the Greenshow to get our tickets and have a private little welcome from Fred Adams (we were so sorry that we arrived at the end of that part!:) but guess who was sitting with the group...Dallin H. Oaks..... But they quickly got up and left after Fred finished and they began handing out tickets realizing it was a group affair, they must've thought Freddie A. was giving some kind of intro to the play.
We saw Taming of the Shrew, which was really good. The best part was the LEMON TARTS!!! I LOVE THEM!!! Troy talked me into trying one about a month ago when we took the kids to see the Greenshow and I've been outta control over them ever since. I even made my own & they looked and tasted pretty dang close to the ones we had there.
So at intermission we set out for tarts and they were out. How can you possibly run out of tarts (all flavors might I add) only 3 minutes in to intermission?? So by this time Troy was pretty sure I was going to have a serious melt down right there in line. So Troy bought the last tart, which was bosenberry, and I settled for a choc. chip cookie. I will admit that I pouted for just a second and then ran upstairs to the other refreshment line just in case, and there they were...lemon tarts...I could've bought the hole basket but settled for 1 (but guess what i'm making during my 5 days off!!) Troy breathed a little easier, I had my tart and life was good.
I want to say thanks babe for a great day and date I love ya. Also thanks Nick and Paige for watching Tanner, (Braxton is with his dad) again, just add it to our tab of all the things we owe you!!! sorry all for the length... I don't know how to condense my stories!!